B'day girl Patrimonio beats Japanese netter
11/25/2009 | 05:21 PM
Anna Clarice Patrimonio gifted herself a big birthday present as she downed qualifier Sari Baba of Japan, 7-5, 6-3, Wednesday at the resumption of the rain-interrupted first round of the Phinma Juniors International’s Week 1 at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.
The victory came on the heels of the Filipino bets’ romp in the ITF Grade 4 tournament as top seed Francis Casey Alcantara rolled past Chinese Jan Nan Tao, 6-2, 6-2, while Kim Ivor Saraza pulled off a big upset over third seed Omar Elkheshen of Egypt, 7-5, 6-2, in the boys’ side late Tuesday.
Patrimonio, who turned 16 on Wednesday, will meet Southeast Asian Games rival sixth seed Trang Huynh Phuong Dai of Vietnam, who made it through with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Rona Lavian of Israel, in the second round.
Leander Lazaro, 16, also advanced to the next round with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 win over German Louis Donczyk.
Alcantara, who gained the top seeding following the last-minute withdrawal of Hsieh Cheng-peng of Taiwan, flaunted his power game and came through with solid returns to dominate Tao and kick off his bid for a third crown in the event featuring some of the world's future net stars.
The Australian Open Juniors doubles champion takes on Italy's No. 2 player Antonio Marcarelli in the next round. Marcarelli booted out Thailand's Sylvester Alamdar, 7-5, 6-1.
Saraza, on the other hand, dished a gem of a game to topple Elkheshen and arrange a second round meeting with Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka, who beat Belgian Jeroen Vanneste, 6-4, 6-0, in the lower half of the draw.
Anna Christine Patrimonio, meanwhile, survived Japanese Riko Sawayanagi, 6-3, 7-5, to make up for the string of setbacks suffered by three RP bets in the distaff side.
Patricia Jay Orteza, Marian Jane Capadocia and Fil-Am Tamitha Nguyen all dropped their opening round assignments last Tuesday.
But Alcantara, Saraza, Lazaro and the Patrimonio sisters’ victories sparked hopes for the local bets' surge in the tournament. - GMANews.TV
The victory came on the heels of the Filipino bets’ romp in the ITF Grade 4 tournament as top seed Francis Casey Alcantara rolled past Chinese Jan Nan Tao, 6-2, 6-2, while Kim Ivor Saraza pulled off a big upset over third seed Omar Elkheshen of Egypt, 7-5, 6-2, in the boys’ side late Tuesday.
Anna Clarice Patrimonio of the Philippines returns a shot against qualifier Sari Baba of Japan Wednesday in the Phinma Juniors International’s Week 1 at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center. GMANews.TV
Patrimonio, who turned 16 on Wednesday, will meet Southeast Asian Games rival sixth seed Trang Huynh Phuong Dai of Vietnam, who made it through with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Rona Lavian of Israel, in the second round.
Leander Lazaro, 16, also advanced to the next round with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 win over German Louis Donczyk.
Alcantara, who gained the top seeding following the last-minute withdrawal of Hsieh Cheng-peng of Taiwan, flaunted his power game and came through with solid returns to dominate Tao and kick off his bid for a third crown in the event featuring some of the world's future net stars.
The Australian Open Juniors doubles champion takes on Italy's No. 2 player Antonio Marcarelli in the next round. Marcarelli booted out Thailand's Sylvester Alamdar, 7-5, 6-1.
Saraza, on the other hand, dished a gem of a game to topple Elkheshen and arrange a second round meeting with Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka, who beat Belgian Jeroen Vanneste, 6-4, 6-0, in the lower half of the draw.
Anna Christine Patrimonio, meanwhile, survived Japanese Riko Sawayanagi, 6-3, 7-5, to make up for the string of setbacks suffered by three RP bets in the distaff side.
Patricia Jay Orteza, Marian Jane Capadocia and Fil-Am Tamitha Nguyen all dropped their opening round assignments last Tuesday.
But Alcantara, Saraza, Lazaro and the Patrimonio sisters’ victories sparked hopes for the local bets' surge in the tournament. - GMANews.TV
